Heliopause stability revisited: dispersion analysis and numerical simulations

The heliopause, a surface separating the tenuous hot heliosheath flow and the dense, strongly magnetized interstellar flow, is subject to instabilities of the Rayleigh–Taylor and Kelvin–Helmholtz types. The dynamic evolution of this discontinuity is of considerable importance for understanding the neutral atom and cosmic-ray filtration at the interface. Here, we investigate the stability of the upwind heliopause in the presence of charge exchange collisions using both an analytic (dispersion relation) approach and a numerical model that includes the interstellar magnetic field. The linear analysis yields a cubic dispersion relation that admits imaginary solutions for the full range of wavenumbers, implying that the stagnation point on the heliopause is unconditionally Rayleigh–Taylor unstable to small perturbations propagating parallel to the discontinuity surface. We confirm this result by following the nonlinear development of the instability with a time-dependent simulation using a four fluid MHD-neutral numerical code. For the typical solar wind and LISM conditions, we obtain cyclical evolution of the upwind heliopause with a period of the order of 100 years. We also identify two areas of space physics where the instability may have important implications.     

某涡喷发动机压气机气动失稳过程的非线性分析

对某涡喷发动机压气机的气动失稳过程进行了相关积分分析。对节流过程中压气机静压信号进行延时嵌入重构,发现失稳过程中重构相空间的吸引子结构发生了显著变化;应用相关积分值作为压气机内部流动状况变化的评价指标,发现节流过程中压气机第1级端部的流动最先发生不稳定,随后第2级先于第3,4级发生不稳定征兆;1,2级的失速类型为渐进型失速,3,4级为突变型失速;第3级叶根最先发生不稳定,且发展较快,最终导致全叶高失速;低通滤波可以提高相关积分方法检测失速征兆的时效性。分析表明,非线性的相关积分分析方法是进行压气机气动失稳过程研究的有效手段。      

可控肥皂膜气柱界面与激波相互作用的实验研究

基于肥皂膜技术提出了一种生成气柱界面的简单方法。形成的界面不需要支撑网格,因此初始条件可以很好地控制。在水平激波管中结合高速纹影开展了平面激波与二维或三维气柱界面作用的实验。纹影照片显示实验结果杂波更少,演变中的界面也比文献的结果更对称。此外,还特别研究了由极小曲面特征导致的三维效应,发现三维效应使界面的演变和发展变慢了。本研究将有助于更多了解三维性对Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定性发展的影响。     

On Stabilizing Role of Parallel Inhomogeneous Flow on Low-frequency Space Fluctuations

A fundamental reality throughout the space plasma is the existence of magnetic field-aligned flows. It is usually believed that the spatial transverse shear in the parallel flow destabilizes many low frequency oscillations and this may be the origin of low frequency oscillations in the ionosphere (V. V. Gavrishchaka et al., 1998, Phys. Rev. Lett., 80, 728 and Phys. Rev. Lett.: 2000, 85, 4285). Here we show that this notion of destabilizing influence of the shear in the parallel flow can be changed altogether if one takes the effect of the flow curvature (second spatial derivative) into account. The transverse curvature in the parallel flow can overcome the destabilizing influence of the shear and can render the low frequency modes stable. It is shown that unlike flow shear the effect of flow curvature is sign- and mode-dependent. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effect of the seed perturbation amplitude on the equatorial spread F initiation during solar minimum

The contribution of gravity wave (GW) to the initiation/development of spread F during a solar minimum year was investigated through the comparison of the observed precursory parameters and characteristics of the corresponding equatorial spread F (ESF) events. The ionospheric parameters were recorded at the magnetic equatorial station Sao Luis (2.3°S, 44°W, dip latitude 2°S) during March and October 2010. These data were used to estimate the influence of the relative gravity wave amplitude and the ambient ionospheric condition on the diurnal variation of the spread F initiation. The vertical velocity drift indicated a clear control and defines the threshold for the seasonal variability of the ESF occurrence. However, it was insufficient to solely determine or predict the day to day variation of ESF occurrence. Thus, few days with contrasting ambient ionospheric condition and magnitude of GW amplitude were analysed in order to investigate the role of the different precursory factors in the observed diurnal variation of the plasma irregularity development. The density scale length and gravity wave amplitude were shown to immensely contribute to the linear instability growth rate, especially during the days with a low post-sunset rise. Thus, the experimental observations have demonstrated the strong inter-dependence between the precursory factors and they have also highlighted the probable control of the ESF morphology.     

喷嘴式隔板与纵向肋式隔板阻尼效应分析

利用声学模型和单喷嘴声学模拟试验研究了喷嘴式隔板的耗散机理;用数值方法分析了纵向肋式隔板周围的涡流;用声学理论研究了纵向肋式隔板的声场。研究结果表明:选取合适的管间隙将会使喷嘴式隔板具有更好的稳定性作用;肋片周围是涡流产生的主要区域;肋高对燃烧室声学特性的影响远大于肋长。     

Low-cost precise measurement of oscillator frequency instability based on GNSS carrier observation

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers can be used in time and frequency metrology by exploiting stable GNSS time scales. This paper proposes a low-cost method for precise measurement of oscillator frequency instability using a single-frequency software GNSS receiver. The only required hardware is a common radio frequency (RF) data collection device driven by the oscillator under test (OUT). The receiver solves the oscillator frequency error in high time resolution using the carrier Doppler observation and the broadcast ephemeris from one of the available satellites employing the onboard reference atomic frequency standard that is more stable than the OUT. Considering the non-stable and non-Gaussian properties of the frequency error measurement, an unbiased finite impulse response (FIR) filter is employed to obtain robust estimation and filter out measurement noise. The effects of different filter orders and convolution lengths are further discussed. The frequency error of an oven controlled oscillator (OCXO) is measured using live Beidou-2/Compass signals. The results are compared with the synchronous measurement using a specialized phase comparator with the standard coordinated universal time (UTC) signal from the master clock H226 in the national time service center (NTSC) of China as its reference. The Allan deviation (ADEV) estimates using the two methods have a 99.9% correlation coefficient and a 0.6% mean relative difference over 1–1000 s intervals. The experiment demonstrates the effectiveness and high precision of the software receiver method.     

基于流动显示的翼尖涡不稳定频率测量

翼尖涡涡核振荡频率的准确测量是翼尖涡控制技术得以有效实施的重要前提。采用流动显示方法,研究了椭圆机翼翼尖涡在低雷诺数条件下的不稳定特性。分别采用单点谱分析和动力学模态分解技术,从流动显示图像序列中提取了涡核振荡的短波不稳定模态的频率,2种方法得到的频率相对误差最大不超过5%。研究结果表明:涡对的空间运动通常展现出长波与短波模态的耦合,涡核的高频短波振荡耦合在低频长波摆动中,以前者为主要含能模态;短波不稳定性的无量纲振荡频率随雷诺数的增大而增大、随机翼攻角的增大而减小。      

窄条翼导弹俯仰机动中滚转失稳及其控制过程

窄条翼布局导弹通常具有复杂的横向气动特性,在大迎角飞行及快速机动中很容易诱发出现滚转非指令偏离和连续振荡,可能导致飞行失控,影响落点精度。为了研究窄条翼导弹俯仰快速机动对滚转失稳的诱发过程及滚转失稳对俯仰机动控制效果的影响,并验证三通道解耦控制方法的有效性,针对典型俯仰机动过程,分别利用2.4 m跨声速风洞虚拟飞行试验平台和耦合气动/运动/控制的一体化数值计算方法开展了相关研究。结果表明,风洞试验和数值模拟均成功预测了俯仰拉起和保持过程中的滚转自激失稳运动及其引起的纵、横向耦合运动,针对该机动过程,三通道解耦控制方法能够有效抑制滚转运动,保持姿态稳定。     

基于升华法实验研究后掠翼三维边界层的转捩

在西北工业大学的低湍流度风洞,采用升华法研究不同雷诺数下后掠翼上表面的转捩现象。实验发现雷诺数较低时,后掠翼上的转捩由流向不稳定触发,转捩位置在最小压力点之后,转捩分界为一条直线;当雷诺数足够大时,转捩由横流驻波不稳定触发,转捩提前到最小压力点之前,转捩分界呈现尖楔形状。该结果表明升华法不但能够较准确地分辨出后掠翼上的转捩位置,还能够区分不同的转捩机理,判断转捩是由流向不稳定还是横流驻波不稳定触发。此外,实验中还发现在横流驻波不稳定增长较大时,升华法能够提供转捩上游区域边界层内的横流不稳定信息;当横流驻波不稳定进一步增强时,该不稳定受模型表面粗糙度的影响较大,萘的喷涂有可能会影响到升华法的结果。